gimmicky
- a word derived from gimmick.
Example Sentences
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The humanoids are still better at gimmicky tricks than useful household tasks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Back in reality, humanoid machines have been often far less polished and more gimmicky, clumsy and buggy than their fictional counterparts.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025
“There have been gimmicky things in the past. I ask them to trust us and look and see where we go from here.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2025
The film was shot on souped-up iPhones, which would initially seem gimmicky if Boyle hadn’t shot parts of the “28 Days Later” on handheld digital video camcorders.
From Salon ● Jan. 3, 2025
All the cubist stuff was gimmicky, as far as she was concerned.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
